Softening Support Doesn't Appear Likely to Hurt the Governor's Chances in November

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was facing an erosion of support from voters in public opinion polls for several months before his administration acknowledged wielding influence with an anticorruption panel that had been billed as independent.

In the two most recent statewide public polls, Mr. Cuomo's favorable ratings fell to their lowest levels.

A Wall Street Journal/NBC 4 New York/Marist College poll earlier this month found...